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Human Remains in Society Curation and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Genocide and Mass-violence / Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Élisabeth Anstett.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 pages)
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Whether reburied, concealed, stored, abandoned or publicly displayed, human remains raise a vast number of questions regarding social, legal and ethical uses by communities, public institutions and civil society organisations. This book presents a ground-breaking account of the treatment and commemoration of dead bodies resulting from incidents of genocide and mass violence. Through a range of international case studies across multiple continents, it explores the effect of dead bodies or body parts on various political, cultural and religious practices. Multidisciplinary in scope, it will appeal to readers interested in this crucial phase of post-conflict reconciliation, including students and researchers of history, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, law, politics and modern warfare.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100901
- ISBN:
- 9781526129338
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